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== The lead section == | == The lead section == | ||
The [ | The [[Help:Your first article#The lead section|lead section]] should not have a section heading - skipping the heading will place it at the top of the article above the automatically generated TOC (table of contents). | ||
The name of the aircraft should be bold and in the beginning of the first sentence, for example <code><nowiki>The '''de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter''' is a...</nowiki></code>. The lead section should describe the physical craft as well as some basic information about the craft as developed for FlightGear. | The name of the aircraft should be bold and in the beginning of the first sentence, for example <code><nowiki>The '''de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter''' is a...</nowiki></code>. The lead section should describe the physical craft as well as some basic information about the craft as developed for FlightGear. | ||
== Keytable == | == Keytable == | ||
For reference, the keyboard shortcuts for the craft should be tabulated. For this, a [ | For reference, the keyboard shortcuts for the craft should be tabulated. For this, a [[Help:Tables|table]] with the custom <code>"keytable"</code> class is used together with the {{tl|key press}} template. For example: | ||
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== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
The best way to show off the craft is to create a gallery of awesome [[:Category:FlightGear screenshots|screenshots]]. This is placed in its own <code><nowiki>== Gallery ==</nowiki></code> section near the bottom of the article. These can be [[ | The best way to show off the craft is to create a gallery of awesome [[:Category:FlightGear screenshots|screenshots]]. This is placed in its own <code><nowiki>== Gallery ==</nowiki></code> section near the bottom of the article. These can be [[Help:Upload|uploaded to the wiki]], and then linked to using the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images#Rendering_a_gallery_of_images MediaWiki <gallery> tag]. For example, from the [[Cessna 172P]]: | ||
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